Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Krishaniya R, Saini BS, Arora S, Meel MS and Solanki S

Abstract:
The peripartum period is a critical time period for cows because they have to cope with physiological, metabolic, hormonal, and various other factors related to environment stress. The knowledge of hematological attributes in this period is very important as these can be used as an indicator of the health status in cows. This study aims to measure the some important hematological attributes in Gir cattle during the varying study points (week 3, 2 and 1 of ante-partum, day 0 and week 1, 2 and 3 of post-partum) of peripartum period. Blood samples were collected from ten Gir cattle at weekly interval from the last three weeks of the gestation (ante-partum) and three weeks after parturition (post-partum) and on day 0 (within 12 hours) that represents day of calving (partum). The average values (Mean±SEM) of Hb (g/dl) were 9.85±0.24, 11.08±0.33, and 9.06±0.33, RBC count (x 106/µl) were 5.83±0.20, 7.19±0.32, and 6.01±0.18, WBC count (x 103/µL) were 8.79±0.36, 10.43±0.42, and 8.96±0.26 and PCV (%) were 29.57±0.57, 31.05±0.84, and 26.18±0.45 during ante-partum, partum and post-partum period, respectively. This study showed the significant (p<0.05) influence of peripartum phases and varying study points of peripartum period on hematological attributes except RBC count in which non-significant (P≥0.05) variations were observed between varying study points of peripartum period. The values of all the studied hematological attributes raised from 3 weeks before parturition with the highest value at partum (except PCV) thereafter, decreasing trend was observed through varying study points of post-partum, however, slight increase from 2 week of post-partum in RBC and WBC count and 3 week of post-partum in Hb and PCV were observed.